Video: I’ll Fly Away | Clara Rose and Family
I’ll fly away, oh, Glory
I’ll fly away
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by
I’ll fly away
Emily Dickinson: My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun (764)
My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun –
In Corners – till a Day
The Owner passed – identified –
And carried Me away –
Susanne Wengle, Vitali Dankevych: Kakhovka Dam breach in Ukraine caused economic, agricultural and ecological devastation that will last for years
Without water from the reservoir, the fields of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea will dry out. Coastal towns on the Sea of Azov, most importantly Berdyansk, have lost their main source of drinking water.
Yahya Frederickson: Green
On the verge of June, a man
promenades a metal cart
piled with ‘aujah, the name
for almonds before they
are almonds.
Steve Fraser: Caution | Children at Work
The Return of Child Labor Is the Latest Sign of American Decline
Sara R. Burnett: English II
my student, not yet a man, sits
in front of me in a country, not yet
his home, a country who doesn’t see him
or even me, sometimes, and I wonder
what can he learn that he doesn’t know from me.
Baron Wormser: Disconnected
[Tech companies] countenance evil—working children to death, creating environmental devastation, allowing labor practices to flourish not far removed from slavery, putting women in conditions that encourage sexual assault, paying people a pittance for dangerous work—while offering assurances…that no evil is being practiced.
Kathy Fish: Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild
Humans in the wild, gathered and feeling good, previously an exhilaration, now: a target.
Conrad Aiken: Summer
the vascular jukebox throbs and sobs
expounding hope propounding yearning
proposing love, but never learning
Abby Zimet: Big Tough Weird LGBTQ-Bashing American Psycho Guy Wants Your Vote and What Could Go Wrong?
Whew. Latest proof the GOP is truly a malignant flaming clown car.
Tony Gloeggler: Hardly Talking
I’ll give up and lie,
promise, that yes, his friend
will be back tomorrow.
Derrick Z. Jackson: Climate Reality vs. Public Perception | Will Toxic Haze and the 2023 Danger Season Make a Difference?
Whether we wake up or not, a harsh climate is the new normal. To date in 2023, the United States has already suffered nine climate and weather disasters resulting in at least a billion dollars of damage.
Barbara Hamby: Ode to Barbecue
We are lost again in the middle of redneck nowhere,
which is a hundred times scarier
than any other nowhere because everyone has guns.
